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Toulouse FC Vs Olympique de Marseille – French Ligue 1 preview

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Toulouse FC Vs Olympique de Marseille – French Ligue 1 preview
Stadium Municipal, Toulouse will see http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Toulouse-FC-c40751 play host to Olympique de Marseille in Week 10 of the 2011/2012 Ligue 1 campaign on October 15, 2011.
Toulouse
Les Pitchouns coach Alain Casanova must be happy the way things have gone so far in the league for his side. Currently fourth in the Ligue 1 standings after a dream start to the new campaign, Toulouse will be no pushover for Marseille.
However, a four-game unbeaten run was brought to a halt when Toulouse lost 3-0 to Sochaux in Week 9 of the Ligue 1 action. Casanova was disappointed at the way his side lost against Les Lionceaux.
“I’m disappointed by the performance than the result. The way we started was inacceptable. We were too smug, and didn’t show enough commitment and determination,” said Casanova after the loss to Sochaux.
Time to set the record straight
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-de-Marseille-c40127 arrive at the Midi-Pyrénées region looking to register their second Ligue 1 win of the season and would also be looking to kickstart a faltering campaign that has left coach Didier Deschamps’ under considerable amount of pressure.
Last season, the Rhone giants pushed LOSC Lille for the title throughout the campaign but the new season has start in a woeful fashion for a club. lying in 13th place in the Ligue 1 standings, Deschamps knows that his side has to get things right
in order to get back in contention for mounting an assault on the Championelle.
Already, Paris Saint-Germain, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-Lyonnais-c40130 and Montpellier have made a great start to the season and Marseille are left with a lot of work to do.
Though Marseille have made a brilliant start to the UEFA Champions League and thumped German champions Borussia Dortmund 3-0 in their last game, it would be their Ligue 1 position that needs to be looked at seriously.
The statistic of Marseille being the only European team to have won more victories in Europe that in the domestic league makes a grim reading of what the club has gone through in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ghana-c2905 striker Andre Ayew has been in fine form for Les Phoceens and
the 21-year-old has said that his team needs to qualify for Champions League and admitted that fighting for the title would be a bit too optimistic.
“Given our situation, it would be wrong to talk about the title. We have to create more, win matches and when that happens, we’ll see where we’re at.”
A poor away record of not being able to win in their last seven Ligue 1 outings means that Marseille will have to work harder against a Toulouse side that has made a fairly decent start to the new season.
Team news
Toulouse
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aymen-Abdennour-c7064 have returned to the side after representing their respective countries for the African Cup of Nations qualifiers.
However, midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Moussa-Sissoko-c26938 will miss the crunch encounter after the Frenchman picked up his third yellow card in less than ten games.
Marseille
Key playmaker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mathieu-Valbuena-c24690 is suspended for the game while Andre-Pierre Gignac is still short of match fitness after returning to training on Monday.
Predictions
With Marseille slowly getting back to winning ways after defeating Borussia Dortmund, it seems that Didier Deschamps’ men might get a positive result against a team that might start worrying about its’ inconsistencies.
Predicted final score: Toulouse 1-2 Marseille

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